Plus: Google plans its podcast play, Anchor joins the social-audio game, and SoundCloud’s financial numbers raise questions about viability (or acquisition).
Created by Cards Against Humanity, the network wants to connect local podcasts to local advertisers and make it a little easier for creative people to stay in town.
“The variety of companies that were brought on-stage collectively offered a broad range of content types — thus broadening the narrative of what podcasts are and what podcasts can be.”
“I keep hearing stories about her being a great mentor to many a young fledgling producer. To me, that willingness to actively think about the next generation of producers is shorthand for proper leadership.”
AIR has come up with suggested rates of compensation for those who do freelance work for podcasts, where a new injection of for-profit companies is complicating the math of public media.
Benton, Joshua. "Jesse Thorn on making your own thing in public radio (while still being able to feed your family)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 27 Apr. 2011. Web. 31 Jan. 2025.
APA
Benton, J. (2011, Apr. 27). Jesse Thorn on making your own thing in public radio (while still being able to feed your family). Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 31, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2011/04/jesse-thorn-on-making-your-own-thing-in-public-radio-while-still-being-able-to-feed-your-family/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "Jesse Thorn on making your own thing in public radio (while still being able to feed your family)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 27, 2011. Accessed January 31, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2011/04/jesse-thorn-on-making-your-own-thing-in-public-radio-while-still-being-able-to-feed-your-family/.
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